UKIP won 13 seats at last week's election, but Cllr Barrie Pierpoint has since left the group and is now an unaligned independent, leaving UKIP with 12 members. Labour has two.

Cllr Peter Bedford remains leader of the Conservative group and, with the biggest political group, is set to form the next administration at the council annual meeting next Thursday (May 21). Portfolio holders, subject to ratification by the AGM, will be:

Cllr Bedford said: We have a good mix of people for the council's Cabinet - some with council experience and all of them very level headed. These are people the residents of the town and borough and the staff of the council can have confidence in.

"They will help drive forward good governance and performance from the firm basis provided by the past four years. We are all committed to the regeneration of Boston, for which much of the groundwork has now been done.

"National chains are showing confidence in Boston with expansion and new development and we will continue to seek value for money with shared services such as the current arrangements for refuse collection that we have with East Lindsey District Council and CCTV with South Holland and North Kesteven District Councils."